Quoted from Areseebee:Although I have no doubt that the lower flippers could use a rebuild too, they are currently strong enough and doing ok. Should I still do them? Being new I'd love to change as little as possible just to reduce the number of things that could go wrong.
Also that EOS contact is my fault. Could that be the problem? I wasn't sure exactly how to bend them back in a way that would make sense, I probably bent the middle too much. Is there a way to test if the contact is good? I tried sanding them and measured resistance across it, I'm getting 0.1 ohm but it does fluctuate a good deal (I think mostly because my hands are unsteady).
If it was me, I'd do the following.
1. Open up pin and raise the playfield to a it's full position.
2. Take a photo of the bottom right flipper, one that you think is working perfectly.
3. Very carefully compare the photos, taking close note of what is different between the two, especially around the leaf switches. Do they look the same? Adjust the top one bending it with a pair of pliers to make it look as close to the bottom as possible.
4. Take a crisp $1 bill, press it between the contacts on that flipper assembly and pull through to clean it.
5. You mentioned the flipper was slipping when you activate it while holding the flipper down. This should not happen. Take a wrench and tighten the nut on the left while either using a pair of pliers to hold the black screw on the right (you have it circled in blue in your photo) or (preferablly) use an allen wrench to tighten the screw on the right. These two combined will "hold" the shaft holding the flipper tighter and keep it from slipping when hit.
6. Before testing it, check by pushing the flipper manually to make sure it turns freely without scraping the playfield. If it does, the flipper needs to be raised a credit cards thickness above the playfield. Failing to do this can result in playfiled art rubbing off.
7. If these items combined do not fix your issue I'd recommend a system 11 flipper rebuild kit. If you buy a pair I'd recommend using them on the right flippers as they are the only ones that hit ramps.
Good luck!